Facebook Launching Accessibility Tools Making Live-Streaming Available to More People
Facebook says it’s going to launch various features over the next couple weeks to make Facebook Live more accessible and easy to use, particularly for people who might not have a lot of mobile data.
Law student Tapas Bharadwaj reflects on a recent judgement regarding reservations for people with disabilities in the guest post this week. Tapas, who is visually impaired, is a NTSE scholar and has won awards from the Ministry of Environment & Forests.
he Harley Owners Group (HOG) Marina Chapter in Chennai provided provisions and other aids to families of 103 disabled people at Ikkadu Village at Tiruvallur. The team rode all the way to the village after taking prior permission from concerned authorities. HOG team aims to reach out to more disabled people in need during this lockdown period.
Visually impaired people often use big and bulky Braille keyboards that attach to their smartphones and PCs to type. Now, Google is launching a new Braille keyboard that will allow people with severe visual impairments to use their smartphones better and type without using additional hardware for the same.
Khabri, India’s first digital audio content platform in the regional language, has rolled out an exclusive COVID-19 helpline portal/platform to attend the blind and visually-impaired masses across India during these testing times.
*Latest update* of your favourite Reading and Learning companion, *Kibo app* compatible with Android 10 is now available on Playstore, with newly-added *Covid-19 Assist, Translation for Images and Enhanced PDF OCR Reading with more options to share, copy and Save*.
Thereby, making Kibo your one-stop solution to access any Printed, Handwritten and Digital content - like *PDF, Audio, Docx Word, Txt, Epub and Daisy*, that too across multiple Indian and overseas languages. It helps you read your Whatsapp images and you can even capture photo and Kibo reads it for you.
Children of the National Association for the Blind (NAB) at Gaulapar in Haldwani have contributed their personal savings amounting to Rs 11,000 to the CM relief fund. The amount comprising savings made by the children from their pocket money was handed over to the BJP state president Bansidhar Bhagat.
Dharman, who lives near Samiyar railway gate in Maraimalai Nagar, is unsure of when he will go back to his daily job. Before the lockdown, Dharman and several other residents of the area who are visually impaired, used to sell snacks on the trains that run from Beach to Chengalpet.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused daily difficulties for everyone. But what if you are visually impaired? Blind journalist Kate Pounds explores the particular challenges the virus has thrown up.
As the train approached London Waterloo on my last journey home from work before lockdown, a fellow passenger remarked he didn't want to press the button to open the doors because of Coronavirus.
It got me thinking. As someone who cannot see, I have to touch objects and surfaces much more than your average person.
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